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With Vladimir Putins opponents in exile, in prison or dead, like outspoken Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny, putins victory is practically certain. If mr putin serves out the full six year term hes likely to win, hell become the longest serving russian leader since catherine the great. Over the next half hour we will look at the impact of the election for those in russia, ukraine and around the world. But first, we start our coverage with this report from our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg in moscow. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, ....
Catherine the great. Over the next half hour we will look at the impact of the election for those in russia, ukraine and around the world. But first, we start our coverage with this report from our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, in moscow. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attack ....
Was possible to move society to the place where it should be for the better of all of us. Everyone is the beneficiary of ending gender discrimination, women, men, and children. Thats how the old chief was persuaded when he was justice ringquist. This was a story of a man whose wife died in childbirth. He was left as sole caretaker of the child. Wanted Social Security benefits that would help him be able to work only part time while his child was young. Both benefits for mothers, not fathers. So the court decided that case, i think it was in 1975, it was a unanimous judgment. Three sets of opinions. One well of course was the discrimination against the woman as wage earner, her Social Security taxes dont get for her family the same protection, and then a few of them thought it was really discrimination against the male as parent. He would not have the opportunity to render p ....
Here. Who are your most important mentors in your life. If youre going to ask me what women are my role models. One was real, one was fictional. The real one was amelia earhart, the fictional one was nancy drew. But i never had in many my college years, certainly law school, never had a woman teacher. People asked me, did you always want to be a Supreme Court justice i wanted to get age out of the law. That was my goal. Women werent on the bench in numbers. On the federal bench until jim with my carter became president. He was only in office four years. He took a look at the federal judiciary. He was determined to appoint members of minority groups and women in numbers, not as one at a time curiosities. He pointed at least 25 women to Federal District courts and i was one of the lucky 11 appointed to a court of appeals. During his time. He said in october of 1980, when he ha ....